NHL Draft Game Of Current Players

[Cobiemonster]

You have 20 bucks to pick your starting lineup of current NHL players, who would you take?

C:
Sidney Crosby - 5
Jonathan Toews - 4
Steven Stamkos - 3
Evgeni Malkin - 2
Anze Kopitar - 1

LW:
Alexander Ovechkin - 5
Henrik Zetterberg - 4
Jamie Benn - 3
Taylor Hall - 2
Zach Parise - 1

RW:
Patrick Kane - 5
Corey Perry - 4
Phil Kessel - 3
Jarome Iginla - 2
Jaromir Jagr - 1

D:
Shea Weber - 5
Zdeno Chara - 5
Duncan Keith - 4
Drew Doughty - 4
P.K. Subban - 3
Erik Karlsson - 3
Ryan McDonagh - 2
Ryan Suter - 2
Niklas Kronwall - 1
Alex Pietrangelo - 1

G:
Henrik Lundqvist - 5
Jonathan Quick - 4
Tuukka Rask - 3
Carey Price - 2
Pekka Rinne - 1

This list is solely subjective(there are some real good players left out like Claude Giroux, Ryan Getzlaf, Nicklas Backstrom etc) but this is the list I made

 

[Cobiemonster]

I would do this:

Jamie Benn (3) - Anze Kopitar (1) - Phil Kessel (3)
Drew Doughty (4) - Shea Weber (5)
Jonathan Quick (4)

 

[forty_three]

I got
Stamkos - OV - Kane
Karlsson - Subban
Rinne

 

[thedddd]

Crosby - OV - Kane
Pietrangelo - Subban
Rinne

 

[DevilishWon]

Stamkos-Benn-Jagr
Weber-Doughty
Quick

 

[pixburgher66]

Crosby-Kane-Benn
Suter-Subban
Rinne

Rinne at $1 is a no-brainer.

 

[Cobiemonster]

I'm thinking maybe I should have put Pekka at $2 and Carey at $1 to make things a little more interesting

 

[elocomotive]

C:
Jonathan Toews - 4
LW:
Alexander Ovechkin - 5
RW:
Patrick Kane - 5
D:
P.K. Subban - 3
Ryan Suter - 2
G:
Henrik Lundqvist - 5

 

[pixburgher66]

I'm thinking maybe I should have put Pekka at $2 and Carey at $1 to make things a little more interesting

I'd still have the same team, haha.

 

[pixburgher66]

I may actually change my D pair from Subban-Suter to Doughty-Suter, since I have that extra $1.

 

[Cobiemonster]

C:
Jonathan Toews - 4
LW:
Alexander Ovechkin - 5
RW:
Patrick Kane - 5
D:
P.K. Subban - 3
Ryan Suter - 2
G:
Henrik Lundqvist - 5

That's $23 bucks

 

[pixburgher66]

That's $23 bucks

I think...it's $24?

 

[Cobiemonster]

I may actually change my D pair from Subban-Suter to Doughty-Suter, since I have that extra $1.

As you see from my picks, I wanted to load up on defense and goaltending because Anze Kopitar for $1 is great value and I think Jamie Benn and Phil Kessel at $3 each is great too

 

[Cobiemonster]

I think...it's $24?

Yeah, re-read that and got $24 this time

 

[pixburgher66]

As you see from my picks, I wanted to load up on defense and goaltending because Anze Kopitar for $1 is great value and I think Jamie Benn and Phil Kessel at $3 each is great too

Suter at $2 is ridiculous too. But hey, tough to value each of these guys.

 

[pixburgher66]

Yeah, re-read that and got $24 this time

Not gonna lie...pretty tired, had to do the math at least 5 times. Yes, I do have a masters degree...and yes I had to do simple arithmetic 5 times to get it.

 

[Cobiemonster]

Suter at $2 is ridiculous too. But hey, tough to value each of these guys.

It was tough to an extent to value the wingers - it seems like there aren't as many elite wingers as there are centers, d-men and goalies - sometimes wingers will have a couple of great years and then fizzle out, there aren't a ton of wingers who are great year in and year out so that was somewhat tough - the 4 and 5 spots at RW were tough, I guess I partly went with Iggy and Jags based on merit but they actually had strong seasons for their age

 

[Cobiemonster]

Not gonna lie...pretty tired, had to do the math at least 5 times. Yes, I do have a masters degree...and yes I had to do simple arithmetic 5 times to get it.

All I knew for sure was that it was definitely over $20, way too many high numbers for it not to be over $20

 

[pixburgher66]

It was tough to an extent to value the wingers - it seems like there aren't as many elite wingers as there are centers, d-men and goalies - sometimes wingers will have a couple of great years and then fizzle out, there aren't a ton of wingers who are great year in and year out so that was somewhat tough - the 4 and 5 spots at RW were tough, I guess I partly went with Iggy and Jags based on merit but they actually had strong seasons for their age

That and many wingers are benefactors of the centers they play with.